African Football Discussion Thread Current Topic: 👉 WAFCON 2026⚽⚽.

[Oluwa-btc]

Working on the defense is important because the Super Falcons will be meeting a very physically strong Cameroonian side. The match against Malawi exposed the defensive loopholes. I thought coach Justine Madugu have corrected the blunder after they defended for more than 50 minutes after Oluwatosin Demehin was red-carded in the game against Zambia. Allowing a poorly performing Egyptian side to score two goals shows that the defense is still not in good form. 

I hope they are aware that they need to get to the semi-finals to qualify for the World Cup. So they should take the next game very seriously and avoid defensive mistakes.

These ladies are not fit and the only defender responsible for seeing our backline organised wasn't called up. I read one of the NFF directors demanding sex from her and she has refused. As a result of that, she has not been allowed to be part of the girls this time. We all remember that light skin and tall defender don't we?!
My honest opinion is that they will be knocked out of the competition yet. Their inconsistency is alarming and the manager has also barely made ammendments with the backline.  I have no further criticism, I will see how far they can progress.

[Agbam]

Let us have some logic calculation here again. Nigeria Super Falcons beat Egypt and Zambia Beat Malawi yet Malawi and Nigeria qualified to the World Cup. How? Let see how it is happened.
The calculation started with Zambia, Nigeria and Malawi and Egypt has been eliminated since they don't have any point.
Malawi beat beat Nigeria 3-2. Malawi 3 points. Nigeria beat Zambia 1-0. Nigeria got 3 points. At this stage Zambia has no points. Please understand. And Zambia beat Malawi 2-1 in yesterday match and Zambia got 2 points in the match and Malawi got 1 points in the match. Now as Malawi add the 1 points to the former 3 points as they beat Nigeria, they got 4 points and Nigeria still standing with their 3 points and they beat Zambia 1-0. That is the H2H.
Malawi 4 points
Nigeria 3 points
Zambia 2 points. Eliminated.

And it is only 2 team from each group will qualify for the World Cup therefore Malawi and Nigeria are the two teams in group C to qualify in the world cup.

I am quoting these two because they are interested to know this. CryptopreneurBrainboss and igebotz.

Your calculations is wrong. I wasn’t so sure of it, I had to get help.
Proper explanation below; ⬇️
Malawi qualified because CAF’s tiebreak rules prioritize the head-to-head record among the tied teams, not the overall goal difference.

from ChatGPT
Here’s how it worked:

After the last group matches, the table was:
   •   Malawi – 6 points
   •   Nigeria – 6 points
   •   Zambia – 6 points
   •   Egypt – 0 points

Since three teams were tied on points, CAF ignored the matches against Egypt and created a mini-table using only the matches between Malawi, Nigeria, and Zambia.  

Those three matches were:
   •   Malawi 3–2 Nigeria
   •   Nigeria 1–0 Zambia
   •   Zambia 2–1 Malawi

Each team had:
   •   1 win
   •   1 loss
   •   3 points

So the next tiebreaker was goal difference in the head-to-head mini-table, and that was also equal:
   •   Malawi: 4 goals scored, 4 conceded (0)
   •   Nigeria: 3 goals scored, 3 conceded (0)
   •   Zambia: 2 goals scored, 2 conceded (0)

With goal difference still tied, CAF moved to the next criterion: goals scored in the head-to-head matches.  

That ranking was:
   •   Malawi: 4 goals
   •   Nigeria: 3 goals
   •   Zambia: 2 goals

So the final order became:
   1.   Malawi – Group winners
   2.   Nigeria – Runners-up
   3.   Zambia – Eliminated

This is why Zambia’s superior overall goal difference didn’t matter. Once the three teams finished level on points, only the results and statistics from the matches among those three teams were used to separate them, in line with CAF’s competition regulations.

[Judith87403]

These ladies are not fit and the only defender responsible for seeing our backline organised wasn't called up. I read one of the NFF directors demanding sex from her and she has refused. As a result of that, she has not been allowed to be part of the girls this time. We all remember that light skin and tall defender don't we?!
My honest opinion is that they will be knocked out of the competition yet. Their inconsistency is alarming and the manager has also barely made ammendments with the backline.  I have no further criticism, I will see how far they can progress.

I guess the lady you are referring to is Ashleigh Plumptre, i also read same thing about her inability to make it to WAFCON but I think she later debunked it and I also think that wasn't the reason why she wasn't called up if not there would have been an investigation that would have been launched against NFF directors. I know the role she played in the last WAFCON, if she had featured in this year's tournament she would have been of great help in the defense because the pressure is becoming much for Michelle Alozie and Osinachi Ohale. I think we should have confidence in the girls and give them support against Cameroon and i believe they will win Cameroon because from what i watched in the match between Cape Verde versus Cameroon, the Cameroon girls are not really that formidable and we should not forget that the Super Falcons has been the most dominant team of the WAFCON so they have high possibility of reaching the semi final.

[SatoPrincess]

These ladies are not fit and the only defender responsible for seeing our backline organised wasn't called up. I read one of the NFF directors demanding sex from her and she has refused. As a result of that, she has not been allowed to be part of the girls this time. We all remember that light skin and tall defender don't we?!
My honest opinion is that they will be knocked out of the competition yet. Their inconsistency is alarming and the manager has also barely made ammendments with the backline.  I have no further criticism, I will see how far they can progress.

This is the first time I’m reading about this allegation. Why is this news not trending on social media? It’s disappointing to hear but knowing how easy  it is for these situations to occur in a system that’s unchecked makes the story believable. If you could tell us the name of the player or provide a link to the source, I’d appreciate it.
Edit: This is what I found after a quick google search. It appears the player, Ashleigh Plumptre, was not the author of the viral post and has said there isn’t any truth to it.

• https://www.thecable.ng/disinfo-alert-plumptre-disowns-fake-facebook-page-accusing-nff-officials-of-demanding-something-from-her/
• https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/06/plumptre-debunks-corruption-wafcon-omission-claim/amp/
  
• https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/890021-wafcon-plumptre-fights-back-as-fake-accounts-spread-false-super-falcons-claims.html
• https://nigerianobservernews.com/2026/06/nff-slams-fake-news-on-ashley-plumptre-appeals-to-journalists-to-verify-stories/

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Your calculations is wrong. I wasn’t so sure of it, I had to get help.
Proper explanation below; ⬇️
Malawi qualified because CAF’s tiebreak rules prioritize the head-to-head record among the tied teams, not the overall goal difference.

I’m guessing the quoted comment was AI generated, if so, it’s best to mention it in your post just to be safe.

[IceLincoln]

Malawi may likely qualify if there’s room for best losers, or their case wil just be a case of Arsenal….. lol.

Looks like you missed the posts above. Malawi and Nigeria are the two teams to qualify from their group. The Super Falcons will be playing Cameroon in the quarter finals on Sunday.

Oh yeah even I missed out on that calculation, this Head to Head statistics gets confusing sometimes and so many angles to look at in this situation of the WAFCON group C.
I think even the players never understood it cause I just watched a clip where the Malawian girls were downhearted after their loss in the last game up until the results were announced by someone that they’ve qualified and they started jubilating. It’s sad to see Zambia go even after winning and there’s no place for best loser in the women’s tournament.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

Malawi may likely qualify if there’s room for best losers, or their case wil just be a case of Arsenal….. lol.

Looks like you missed the posts above. Malawi and Nigeria are the two teams to qualify from their group. The Super Falcons will be playing Cameroon in the quarter finals on Sunday.

Oh yeah even I missed out on that calculation, this Head to Head statistics gets confusing sometimes and so many angles to look at in this situation of the WAFCON group C.
I think even the players never understood it cause I just watched a clip where the Malawian girls were downhearted after their loss in the last game up until the results were announced by someone that they’ve qualified and they started jubilating. It’s sad to see Zambia go even after winning and there’s no place for best loser in the women’s tournament.

The prediction of this Wafcon is difficult due to reduction of men interest in watching our women league, to even get accurate Head to head signified one who dedicated much interest in watching because not all the game one can easily get accuracy or analyze through table odd. Nigeria team and Malawi performance to made it to the next stage of the game is surprising, mostly in the case of Nigeria after lossing one of  their game some citizens have already started condemning the team after the lost the game.

[Roseline492]

Although it was because of this decision that made Agbe prediction to failed if not he was actually right with his prediction because yesterday we all believed that Malawi and Egypt was the two countries that left the WAFCON because they were below but unfortunately for Zambia their happiness of being qualified turned against them, so actually since Malawi has replaced them that means that Nigerian super falcon are the ones who won the first position in the group. However Egypt was the worst from all the countries that exited on the group stage because they conceded more than everybody, 15 conceded goals and just scored 3 goals without wining any rival.

@SatoPrincess it will be very nice of you stop quoting in the forum. Can you remember the last time I quote you? It is up to 4 or 6 months or even more and that's to say I am not on any way have the interest to discuss anything with you therefore stop quoting me. Put me in your ignore list ASAP.
@Roseline492 you got my point, as I said again and again if you go back and check my comment, it is very clear. I said if Zambia wins with a big margin like 2-0, 3-1, and 4-2 which is a 2 goal margin them Zambia would qualified but if it is 1 goal margin them Zambia would be gone and that was what happened. Everyone who was following the match would testify that Zambia was in good position to beat Malawi yet they still beat them only the goal margin disqualified them.

I no that you might be feeling enraged about the statement of @SatoPrincess regarding your prediction on the group stage but however it has not gotten to that because whether we like it or not our statement will always be comprehended differently based how another person will understood it but that doesn't mean they have anything against you because that's how they see it so actually instead of this we should be cheering up that our super falcon whom we were not pleased at the beginning has come to impress us by showing that a champion doesn't fail when people believed they would fail. Cameron women will be waiting for the super falcon on the next stage.

[Oluwa-btc]

This is the first time I’m reading about this allegation. Why is this news not trending on social media? It’s disappointing to hear but knowing how easy  it is for these situations to occur in a system that’s unchecked makes the story believable. If you could tell us the name of the player or provide a link to the source, I’d appreciate it.
Edit: This is what I found after a quick google search. It appears the player, Ashleigh Plumptre, was not the author of the viral post and has said there isn’t any truth to it.

Well, speculations they'll remain. But it stills bothers me that she wasn't called. Why do Y'all think about her absence then? She was just too crucial for us. I have less to say, I just hope we can up our performance. Alozie though was lucky sh3 escaped being shown the red card for her double elbow on the Egyptian

As for CAF,  did you all see them fully supportive of the current fifa president? Gianni Infantino! He made a wrong move and should be aced,  European nations are boycotting him forcing him to fully resign and all they do is back him up? They were so useless when it came to showing support for the Somalian official during the world cup but they didn't hesitate to support a crooked fifa president. I have said it a billion times  they will jump so high when they're asked to by Infantino. Nothing new, they're as crooked as him.

[Rruchi man]

Conceding two goals has further exposed some defensive vulnerability in the team. The Super Falcons will play Cameroon next, and Cameroon is a much tougher opponent, as they are as physical as the Super Falcons.

The Super Falcons made some blunder in the defense area but the most important thing is that they always find a way to score and win their matches. I know that a leakage in the defense can jeopardise a team's performance especially when they are scoring and at the same time conceding. As for Super Falcons match against Cameroon ladies, don't be afraid because Cameroon is not stronger than Morocco who the Super Falcons used for practical in last year WAFCON. As we saw the performance of the Super Falcons against Egypt, they were so dangerous in their attacks and their shots were accurate and precise so it's even the Cameroon ladies who should be afraid that they will meet the Super Falcons at the quarter final.

One thing I adore about them is that they consistently perform exceptionally well, and I am impressed by their performance because, to some extent, I think that when it comes to the Super Falcon, they will always make us proud. They are much more dedicated to their games, and I am impressed with how they put a smile on their faces. It may not be exactly what we want to see, but let's see if things change eventually. The way things are going, they have a better chance of winning the trophy because they will win regardless, nothing is given me more confidence than the way they are so committed I just love the super falcon because they are in charge and they are ready to do everything in there power to Make us proud as a nation that's just amazing.

You said so much and, at the same time, said so little. You are fawning praise and spinning words even when you can see that the performance of the team in the group stages has not been as impressive as it used to be, yet you cheer them on without any form of criticism.

I want you to remember that the other teams in the competition are not there as cheerleaders, so they will always carry the threat of knocking out the Super Eagles, especially as the competition progresses into the knockout stage.

The Super Falcons have shown defensive vulnerability; as already mentioned, they need to fix that.

[Pjcr7]

Let us have some logic calculation here again. Nigeria Super Falcons beat Egypt and Zambia Beat Malawi yet Malawi and Nigeria qualified to the World Cup. How? Let see how it is happened.
The calculation started with Zambia, Nigeria and Malawi and Egypt has been eliminated since they don't have any point.
Malawi beat beat Nigeria 3-2. Malawi 3 points. Nigeria beat Zambia 1-0. Nigeria got 3 points. At this stage Zambia has no points. Please understand. And Zambia beat Malawi 2-1 in yesterday match and Zambia got 2 points in the match and Malawi got 1 points in the match. Now as Malawi add the 1 points to the former 3 points as they beat Nigeria, they got 4 points and Nigeria still standing with their 3 points and they beat Zambia 1-0. That is the H2H.
Malawi 4 points
Nigeria 3 points
Zambia 2 points. Eliminated.

And it is only 2 team from each group will qualify for the World Cup therefore Malawi and Nigeria are the two teams in group C to qualify in the world cup.

I am quoting these two because they are interested to know this. CryptopreneurBrainboss and igebotz.

Your terminology doesn't rhyme, in football there's a difference between points and goals. Here you kept on saying points points even after a win, everyone knows a win is an automatic 3 points, but you kept saying for example, Zambia beat Malawi 2-1 and Zambia got 2 points while Malawi got 1 point, how does a team that lost happens to get a point. Isn't this confusing to you? If not that I know how this metric was calculated to seeing Malawi and Nigeria qualify despite Zambia having a better goal difference, I will currently be more confused after reading your analysis. Differentiate goals and points, these two variables are key and important in football as they both mean different things.

[SatoPrincess]

This is the first time I’m reading about this allegation. Why is this news not trending on social media? It’s disappointing to hear but knowing how easy  it is for these situations to occur in a system that’s unchecked makes the story believable. If you could tell us the name of the player or provide a link to the source, I’d appreciate it.
Edit: This is what I found after a quick google search. It appears the player, Ashleigh Plumptre, was not the author of the viral post and has said there isn’t any truth to it.

Well, speculations they'll remain. But it stills bothers me that she wasn't called. Why do Y'all think about her absence then? She was just too crucial for us. I have less to say, I just hope we can up our performance. Alozie though was lucky sh3 escaped being shown the red card for her double elbow on the Egyptian

As for CAF,  did you all see them fully supportive of the current fifa president? Gianni Infantino! He made a wrong move and should be aced,  European nations are boycotting him forcing him to fully resign and all they do is back him up? They were so useless when it came to showing support for the Somalian official during the world cup but they didn't hesitate to support a crooked fifa president. I have said it a billion times  they will jump so high when they're asked to by Infantino. Nothing new, they're as crooked as him.

I don’t know why she wasn’t called up for the WAFCON but it definitely isn’t because of a sex scandal. As for CAF backing Infantino, It’s not even about the increased slots for African teams in the World Cup, I believe CAF are only doing so because of the money they are getting from FIFA. At the moment, it looks like more federations are showing support for Infantino, it’s not surprising that Argentina is one of them.

[Ronsbit]

I don’t know why she wasn’t called up for the WAFCON but it definitely isn’t because of a sex scandal. As for CAF backing Infantino, It’s not even about the increased slots for African teams in the World Cup, I believe CAF are only doing so because of the money they are getting from FIFA. At the moment, it looks like more federations are showing support for Infantino, it’s not surprising that Argentina is one of them.

The last time I checked online, rumours have it that she has an injury that could not allow her to feature in the tournament, so she could not make it to the WAFCON this year.

For CAF and Infantino, they are like a bride and groom; they have things in common to benefit from each other, hence both parties are supporting themselves with funds and votes to be in place to get what they want.

[Oluwa-btc]

I don’t know why she wasn’t called up for the WAFCON but it definitely isn’t because of a sex scandal. As for CAF backing Infantino, It’s not even about the increased slots for African teams in the World Cup, I believe CAF are only doing so because of the money they are getting from FIFA. At the moment, it looks like more federations are showing support for Infantino, it’s not surprising that Argentina is one of them.

They're a huge disaster and they can not even take a proper decision for themselves. Nothing surprising about the support from Argentina, he has a close relationship with the president. They're just too corrupt. Everything they do is all for the money, they do not even respect the beautiful game.
Well, we'd have been better with her controlling and keeping our backline organised. Let's is that they'll improve otherwise, they be knocked out.

[letteredhub]

These ladies are not fit and the only defender responsible for seeing our backline organised wasn't called up. I read one of the NFF directors demanding sex from her and she has refused. As a result of that, she has not been allowed to be part of the girls this time. We all remember that light skin and tall defender don't we?!

I know the prefer you're refering to and no doubt she's one of the very best we have in the Nigeria female team, but still, we can't conclude on just her own statement or rumours of sex request from her by NFF officials even when that behaviour doesn't seem to be alien among the football federation officials. What an saying is that we don't have to take everything bad to hear about the NFF to be the true story. But the question of her not being called up begs a million answers.

[SatoPrincess]

They're a huge disaster and they can not even take a proper decision for themselves. Nothing surprising about the support from Argentina, he has a close relationship with the president. They're just too corrupt. Everything they do is all for the money, they do not even respect the beautiful game.
Well, we'd have been better with her controlling and keeping our backline organised. Let's is that they'll improve otherwise, they be knocked out.

Infantino’s fight is with UEFA and tbh UEFA isn’t free of corruption either. The question I keep asking is  if Infantino leaves, what would that mean for African football when it comes to international tournaments?

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I know the prefer you're refering to and no doubt she's one of the very best we have in the Nigeria female team, but still, we can't conclude on just her own statement or rumours of sex request from her by NFF officials even when that behaviour doesn't seem to be alien among the football federation officials. What a saying is that we don't have to take everything bad to hear about the NFF to be the true story. But the question of her not being called up begs a million answers.

I think you missed my post:

Edit: This is what I found after a quick google search. It appears the player, Ashleigh Plumptre, was not the author of the viral post and has said there isn’t any truth to it.

• https://www.thecable.ng/disinfo-alert-plumptre-disowns-fake-facebook-page-accusing-nff-officials-of-demanding-something-from-her/
• https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/06/plumptre-debunks-corruption-wafcon-omission-claim/amp/
  
• https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/890021-wafcon-plumptre-fights-back-as-fake-accounts-spread-false-super-falcons-claims.html
• https://nigerianobservernews.com/2026/06/nff-slams-fake-news-on-ashley-plumptre-appeals-to-journalists-to-verify-stories/

[Cyber_warrior]

These ladies are not fit and the only defender responsible for seeing our backline organised wasn't called up. I read one of the NFF directors demanding sex from her and she has refused. As a result of that, she has not been allowed to be part of the girls this time. We all remember that light skin and tall defender don't we?!

I know the prefer you're refering to and no doubt she's one of the very best we have in the Nigeria female team, but still, we can't conclude on just her own statement or rumours of sex request from her by NFF officials even when that behaviour doesn't seem to be alien among the football federation officials. What an saying is that we don't have to take everything bad to hear about the NFF to be the true story. But the question of her not being called up begs a million answers.

There's just too much unprofessionalism in Africa and Nigeria and I am not surprised hearing such accusations. We are not really sure if it's the truth but I still can't fully agree it's not true because nothing is impossible in this country again. Not having her in the squad will be a huge blow because she brings a lot to the team. If this is true I will be really dissapointed in the NFF directors for bringing in their personal satisfaction into the team, that'd be so unprofessional.

Let's wait and see how the story unfolds. I just hope it's not true and the player's reason for not being called up should be a different reason like being injured or something.

[Marykeller]

Let's wait and see how the story unfolds. I just hope it's not true and the player's reason for not being called up should be a different reason like being injured or something.

Nothing else will unfold, as the female player in the person of Plumptre has debunked the accusations of demands for sex by the NFF as fake. Let's take it that way, to look forward to how the Super Falcons are going to defend the WAFCON trophy because they are defending champions, chasing the WAFCON trophy for the 11th time.

[KingsDen]

Let's wait and see how the story unfolds. I just hope it's not true and the player's reason for not being called up should be a different reason like being injured or something.

Nothing else will unfold, as the female player in the person of Plumptre has debunked the accusations of demands for sex by the NFF as fake. Let's take it that way, to look forward to how the Super Falcons are going to defend the WAFCON trophy because they are defending champions, chasing the WAFCON trophy for the 11th time.

What's up with the Super Falcons in this WAFCON?
I have heard that they played badly in the start, so that really made me lose interest in following up the tournament. But yesterday someone told me they are playing fine. That the Falcons and Morocco women are playing real good football like men. Is that right? Should I resurrect my interest?

What da fuck is the sex of a thing. I'll scroll up and read anyways.

[Ndabagi01]

Let's wait and see how the story unfolds. I just hope it's not true and the player's reason for not being called up should be a different reason like being injured or something.

Nothing else will unfold, as the female player in the person of Plumptre has debunked the accusations of demands for sex by the NFF as fake. Let's take it that way, to look forward to how the Super Falcons are going to defend the WAFCON trophy because they are defending champions, chasing the WAFCON trophy for the 11th time.

Many controversies will definitely come out of a case like this, but we can’t really tell which side is saying the truth. For the denial of it by the player herself, that should be a case closed and the players in the competition be more focused for the trophy and retain their position. These are female football teams, we can’t dismiss the fact that stuffs like that cannot occur within the team, but if there is no clear evidence, it’s all propaganda and fake news to shift the attention from the game. As long as we’re still remaining in the competition, I’m sure we can do better and win the trophy again.

[Fiatless]

 This is the first time I’m reading about this allegation. Why is this news not trending on social media? It’s disappointing to hear but knowing how easy  it is for these situations to occur in a system that’s unchecked makes the story believable. If you could tell us the name of the player or provide a link to the source, I’d appreciate it.
Edit: This is what I found after a quick google search. It appears the player, Ashleigh Plumptre, was not the author of the viral post and has said there isn’t any truth to it.

I was surprised by the absence of Ashleigh Plumptre from the list of players for the AFCON. She is a very experienced and strong defender. I conducted a search and found reports that she had been injured and was recovering from a foot injury and subsequent surgery.

I know that the NFF has some bad eggs, but the bribery allegation was false because the player called it fake news. Ashleigh stated that she was not the author of the Facebook post. I cherish and have so much respect for Ashleigh Plumptre because she sacrificed a lot to play for the Super Falcons. England wanted her, but she chose to connect to her roots.